What is the application of graphene?

Graphene is a term used to describe a special structure or allotrope of carbon atom, which can self assemble into double bond six carbon atom ring in two-dimensional sheet At the atomic scale, graphene is similar to a wire mesh or chain link fence in structure and repeats the two-dimensional structure when folded into a cylinder (carbon nanotubes), or a sphere (buckyballs or fullerenes) One of the most common places where graphene flakes naturally exist is the common pencil marks left when pencil rubs paper and erases pencil points with a carbon lattice piece The study of graphene materials and related technology applications was very important in twenty-first Century, so that two British researchers at University of Manchester won the Nobel prize in physics for 2010 Physicists Andre Geim and Constantino visolov have discovered practical ways to make graphene monolayers The applications of graphene atomic layer range from computer intensive data storage to super capacitors for storing electric energy and flexible solar cells that can replace silicon The unique two-dimensional shape of graphene also makes them very useful in the field of particle physics research of nuclear accelerator equipment They can have zero static mass and show the characteristics of Heisenberg uncertainty principle Many potential commercial applications of graphene have led to a steady increase in the number of papers published by the scientific community Up to 2011, there have been more than 20000 articles on the application of graphene At present, the development of graphene Photonics and optoelectronic devices is one of the most promising research fields This is because the material can improve the efficiency of light-emitting diode (LED) panels, such as computer and TV screens, to light sensors, etc Graphene will make the display more flexible and durable, and can replace the use of rare or toxic materials such as platinum and indium One of the main properties of graphene is that it can be used in the flexible touch screen of ATM, or solar cell with the advantages of light transmission and effective electric conductor In the future, it is entirely possible to invent a simple method for mass production of this single atomic layer material In fact, since researchers at University of Manchester announced the manufacturing methods, Korean scientists have found a way to expand the scale of the production of this material, which can be used in standard size computers and TV displays.